Badi Panthulu

Badi Panthulu
Directed by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy
Produced by P. Perraju
Written by D. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Starring N. T. Rama Rao
Anjali Devi
Kongara Jaggaiah
Ramakrishna
Raja Babu
Ramaprabha
Krishnam Raju
Baby Sridevi
Music by K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography K. S. Prasad
Edited by V. Anki Reddy
Production
company
Release dates
 23 November 1972
Country India
Language Telugu

Badi Panthulu (English title: School Teacher; Telugu: బడిపంతులు) is a 1972 Telugu Drama film directed by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy and starring N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) and Anjali Devi. This is the first film of popular Indian actress Sridevi, who played the role of NTR's granddaughter. Sridevi would later go on to star as the lead heroine alongside NTR in his later films.[1] This movie is a remake of 1958 hit Kannada movie School Master.

Plot

Raghava Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) is a teacher in a government primary school. His wife is Janaki (Anjali Devi). Papa Rao (Nagabhushanam) is the school proprietor. The teacher lives with commitment to basic values of life. He has two sons Satyam (Rama Krishna) and Venu (Krishnam Raju) and a daughter (T. Padmini). The school children built a house for their teacher with love and affection. After retirement, the parents had to live with their parents. The children sells the house against their wishes. They separate their father and mother and takes care of them by rotation. They wanted to live together. Ramu (Jaggayya) is his student and becomes a police officer. He purchased their house in auction and gifts it to his beloved teacher.

Cast

Actor Character
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Raghava Rao, Head master of government school
Anjali Devi Janaki, Raghava Rao's wife
Krishnam Raju Venu, Raghava Rao's younger son
Rama Krishna Satyam, Raghava Rao's elder son
Kongara Jaggaiah Ramu, Raghava Rao's student
Sowcar Janaki Radha, Ramu's wife
Vijayalalitha Jaya, Venu's wife
Jayanthi Satyam's wife
T. Padmini Lakshmi, Raghava Rao's daughter
Raja Babu Pichchayya
Master Adinarayana Ramu (Jaggayya's child role)
Baby Sridevi Venu's daughter
Nagabhushanam Papa Rao, Jayanthi's father
Suryakantham Jaya's mother
Allu Ramalingaiah Pichchayya's father
Radha Kumari Pichchayya's mother
Raavi Kondala Rao Kantayya, School teacher

Crew

Soundtrack

Download and Enjoy the Songs at http://www.sillymp3.com/2009/03/badi-panthulu-old.html

Awards

Reception

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250237/

External links

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